How to get from Detroit to Chicago by car, truck, bike, walk

Distance between Detroit and Chicago is 381 kilometers (236 miles).
Driving distance from Detroit to Chicago is 451 kilometers (280 miles)

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4 Ways from Detroit (United States/Michigan) to Chicago (United States/Illinois)

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Route instructions

1. Continue onto Woodward Avenue 40 m
2. Keep right onto Fort Street West 67 m
3. Turn right onto Griswold Street 494 m
4. Turn left onto Clifford Street 351 m
5. Turn left onto Adams Street West 165 m
6. Turn right onto Grand River Avenue, M 5 415 m
7. Turn left onto Vernor Highway West 1.73 km
8. Keep right 59.95 km
9. Keep left onto M 14 330.79 km
10. Keep right 347 m
11. Keep right 589 m
12. Keep left 32.66 km
13. Keep right 497 m
14. Keep right 65 m
15. Turn left onto Indianapolis Boulevard, US 12, US 20, US 41 2.02 km
16. Turn right onto South Ewing Avenue, US 12, US 20, US 41 1.94 km
17. Keep right 5.42 km
18. Turn right onto South South Shore Drive, US 41 1.58 km
19. Turn right onto South DuSable Lake Shore Drive, US 41 8.45 km
20. Continue onto South DuSable Lake Shore Drive, US 41 2.77 km
21. Keep left 463 m
22. Turn sharp right onto South Michigan Avenue 920 m
23. Make a U-turn onto South Michigan Avenue 36 m
24. Arrive at destination 0 m
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